* Alfred M. Szmidt <a...@gnu.org> [2020-11-01 22:27]: > > This again shows that the paper work demanded by FSF and GNU project > > protects both projects from potential legal liabilities in the > > future. One should appreciate the peaceful use of free software as > > distributed by GNU and FSF for that reason. > > > > These specific examples do not show that in the least -- copyright > > assignments would not have helped here. Even the FSF would have to > > comply with a DMCA notice just as any other entity in the USA. > > That I understand. > > Yet the risk probability is minimized down to almost nothing. > > You do not show that, nor is that what you claimed. Copyright > assignments have no bearing on if DMCA enforcment is reduced or > increased.
You are right there. I am rather thinking on the method how Github accepts everybody in pretty anonymous way and manner. People may reuse the code as they wish and sooo many don't put attention on licensing. That is why there are thousands and thousands of DMCA complaints. The manner and method how GNU project accepts new software is quite different, it requires evaluation so there is some process where parties meet each other better than only being anonymous like on Github. Then people actually signed copyright assignments and sent it to FSF, e.g. When there is opportunity for 1000 people to place whatever code they wish and want with or without license and where there is lack of teaching on licensing, unlike GNU is doing from the first page, then there is higher chance that people will be misunderstanding or violating licenses by knowing or not knowing it. The GNU process minimalizes possibilities that code is re-used contrary to copyright laws. Not that it was designed to avoid DMCA. It is a side effect that there are no many, if any, DMCA notices on GNU software. I cannot know it precisely, all I know is that I did not hear of it yet.